Laura Ness: Food & Wine Festival needs to aim higher

12:46 AM,
Oct. 26, 2013

The Salinas Valley Wine & Food Festival took place on Oct. 19 in Oldtown Salinas.

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Laura Ness

Closing down the streets of Salinas certainly provides ample space for vendors galore, along with sound stages and a mini farmer's market, gives people more room to mill about and enjoy their wine, perhaps along with food purchased by one of the vendors. However, it does make for tricky parking. Kudos to the organizers for having a variety of multicultural entertainment, a classic car display that included some fetching automotive eye candy and an ample selection of ethnic foods to purchase. Police presence was front and center, and the flashing lights on a couple of CHP vehicles added a ...